Dec. 2 Minutes

Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting

of

RSU #74 Board of Directors

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

6:00 p.m.

At

Carrabec Community School

Troy Dunphy, Chair, called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m.

Directors Present: Judi Dunphy, Robert Demchak, Troy Dunphy, Dwight Barron, Danika Bates, Bobbi Sue Harrington, Valerie Pinkham, Robert Lindblom, Larry Dunphy, Ellen McQuiston, Grace Carreiro, Heather Longley, Laura Layman, and Deron Whittemore.

Directors absent with notification: Kevin Sousa

Directors Absent without notification: None

Staff Members Present: 13

Students Present: 0

Citizens Present: 2

Agenda Item #1 ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA

4.A. 1. Appointments – Stacey Robinson – Advisory Dean – CHS

John Berube – Advisory Dean – CHS

Aaron Baum – Advisory Dean - CHS

Agenda Item #3 PRESENTATIONS: Kristie Leblanc presented a power point on the Reddington, PACER, and 5210 results.

Agenda Item #4 REPORTS:

A.) Superintendent’s Report - Mr. Tracy spoke about streaming meetings and roll call voting. He also spoke about the expense report, the population numbers on in person and remote learning. He then gave a COVID-19 update. He asked Scott Hall to give an update on NWEA testing this year, and talked about how December 21^st and 22^nd would be changed to PD days and no school.

1. Appointments: Stacey Robinson – Advisory Dean – CHS

John Berube – Advisory Dean – CHS

Aaron Baum – Advisory Dean - CHS

2. Resignations: None

3. Nominations: None

B.) Administrators: Written Reports were mailed to Board members and are available online at www.carrabec.org.

C.) Committees: Superintendent Evaluation Committee met on November 4, 2020.

Building & Grounds scheduled for November 18, 202 – canceled.

Library/Technology scheduled for November 18, 2020 – canceled.

Agenda Item #5 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

On behalf of the RSU #74 Board of Directors, I want to make it clear that we encourage public comment during the Public Comment portion of this meeting. There are restrictions, however, on what is allowed to be discussed publicly. Those comments are limited to policy and procedures in general terms.

Comments or complaints that may pertain to personnel and/or personnel issues should be raised through RSU #74 School Board Policy JII/KI/GBK. This policy outlines the procedures to be followed.

Each individual choosing to speak tonight will be provided with 3 minutes so that we can hear from as many members of the public as possible.

The RSU #74 Board of Directors will follow RSU #74 School Board Policy BEDH/KD in that public participation will be limited to no more than 30 minutes in total length and that all comments at a regular meeting may deal with any topic related to the Board of Directors’ conduct of the schools. The Board of Directors shall give due attention to comments and contributions from the audience but shall not respond or take any immediate action.”

For those who wish to participate, please note that in order to keep things running smoothly, we do have a number of guidelines that people need to follow when making public comment. Those include the following:

1. Please address your thoughts to me, the Chair, and the rest of the School Board.

2. We expect all members of the public to remain civil during the public comment period. This includes the speaker, as well as members of the audience. This means you may not share gossip, make defamatory comments, or use abusive or vulgar language.

3. Individuals should not provide thoughts/reactions/commentary unless recognized by the Chair. We request that you do not clap, boo, or provide similar reactions.

4. Comments about specific individuals, including students and school employees, have the potential to violate the rights of those individuals, and will not be tolerated.

If the Board has specific procedures or policies with respect to the matter on which you are commenting, I may redirect you to those policies rather than allow you to continue. If another commenter discusses the issue you wish you discuss, you may address the Board, but please try to reduce repetition.

Please note that if you violate these rules or exceed the time allotted to you, I may give you a warning or ask you to stop. If you choose to continue, you will be asked to leave and escorted out.

On behalf of the Board, we appreciate your interest and look forward to hearing from you. I will now recognize the first speaker – are there any individuals present that would like to address the Board?

None

Agenda Item #6 TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE PHASE 3 OF THE BACK TO SCHOOL PLAN.

Upon motion by Robert Demchak and seconded by Deron Whittemore the topic was open for discussion.

Mr. Tracy spoke about how he would like to see more kids in schools more of the time, but didn’t think it was the right time to move to phase 3. Mr. Tracy withdrew his recommendation for the phase 3 back to school plan.

Upon motion by Robert Demchak and seconded by Larry Dunphy the Board voted by roll call vote to move the question.

Upon motion by Robert Demchak and seconded by Deron Whittemore the Board voted 0-14 by roll call vote to approve phase 3 of the back to school plan. Motion failed.

Agenda Item #7 TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE TO LIVE STREAM ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

Upon motion by Larry Dunphy and seconded by Danika Bates it was open for discussion.

Mr. Tracy informed the Board that this was voted on at a previous Board Meeting to livestream Board Meetings while we were in a state of emergency and that there was no action needed.

Larry Dunphy and Danika Bates withdrew the motion.

Agenda Item #8 TO SEE IF THE BOARD APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT’S CONTRACT PER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION COMMITTEE.

Upon motion by Robert Demchak and seconded by Laura Layman the Board voted 13-1by roll call vote to approve the Superintendent’s contract per the recommendations of the Superintendent Evaluation Committee. Motion Passed.

The Board Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.

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Michael Tracy

Superintendent